Hi- Looks like you have more requests than one person can do. If you would like (I'm a descendant of Daniel and Unity Shiver) I would be happy to put the pages on my web site for anyone to look at who wants to. Sandra Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <dmward@juno.com> To: <SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [SHIVER] Old Letter from D.E. Cain, Sr. > Would love to have a copy. thanks. > > Dan Ward > 3515 Stefani Rd. > Cantonment, Fl. 32533 > > On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:50:34 -0600 "Shirley Turner Shiver" > <shirleyt@bellsouth.net> writes: > > I have seen the book D.E. Cain wrote. There used to be a copy in the > > Montgomery County, Texas library. When I was there this summer, the > > book > > had disappeared!. I DO have copies of the SHIVER, PRESTWOOD, and > > PELHAM/JONES pages. Even though the book is full of errors, it is > > still > > useful. If anyone would like copies of these copies, let me have > > your > > snail-mail, and I'll send them. > > > > Shirley Turner Shiver > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JohnArden@aol.com <JohnArden@aol.com> > > To: SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com <SHIVER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: January 09, 2000 02:26 PM > > Subject: [SHIVER] Old Letter from D.E. Cain, Sr. > > > > > > >Being everyone is so quiet, thought I would put up one of the old > > letters > > >from my file and this was dated June 14, 1982, from the late D.E. > > Cain, Sr, > > >who lived in Enterprise, AL, about 20 miles from my home. We never > > met. > > At > > >top of this letter is handwritten: Jane Shiver Wingate, Daughter > > of Gussie > > >W. Davis, lives in Headland. > > > > > >Headland is just north of Dothan. > > > > > >Dear Mr. Shiver: > > > > > >I am doing some research on the Shiver and Prestwood familys. Here > > I might > > >mention here that the Shiver and Prestwood familys have inter > > married into > > >each > > >others familys ever sense they all lived in Wilkinson County, > > Georgia. We > > >have traced the Shivers and the Prestwoods farther back than in > > Wilkinson > > >County, Georgia. In fact they come to this country from Germany. > > They > > first > > >settled in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia (he has us confused > > with the > > >early Shivers family), before they findly settled down in Coffee, > > Dale and > > >Pike County, Alabama. > > > > > >These familys together with others left Georgia and they cross the > > >Chattachoochee > > >River near Eufaula, Alabama. They then went clear across the state > > and s > > >ettled for a short time in Green County. They then turn back > > almost back > > >tracking them self > > >before settling in Coffee and Dale County. Mr. Shiver, I want to > > ask you > > if > > >you were a part of these Shiver family, and if you could tell me > > which one > > of > > >these were your forefathers. There is A Abner B. and his wife Mary > > Shiver. > > >They live near the Rockyhead Community and are buried in the Mt. > > Olive > > >Cemeterey near the Rockyhead Baptist Church. Then there wee an > > A.S. (Abe) > > >and Sarah Snellgrove Shiver. They are buried in the Ariton > > Cemetery. > > > > > >This Abe (A.S.), Shiver was my wife uncle. The only thing we been > > able to > > >get on this family was, that they had two daughters. Mattie we are > > told > > >married Dr. Roy Hart Norris, and the other Lucretia married R.S. > > Woolfolk. > > >We do not know if they were other children in this family, so I > > wonder in > > you > > >know any thing that will help to clear this up. > > > > > >Now let me tell you my connection into this Shiver family. My wife > > Lena > > was > > >the daughter of John THomas and Hellena Milstead Shiver. John T > > was the > > son > > >of Samuel Augustus and Sarah Prestwood Shiver. Samuel A was the > > son of > > >Jacob Jr. and Sarah Shiver. I am retired and sense my retirement > > this has > > >become my hobby. I have just finished a book on my family history, > > and if > > I > > >can get enuff material on thse family I would like to have a small > > book > > >publish on these familys. End of letter. > > > > > >I have several more from same timeframe but thought this might be > > interesting > > >to some of you. > > > > > > > > > >